Stephanie J. Block, star of Broadway’s “Wicked” and “9 to 5″ helped to ring in the holiday season with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and conductor Randall Craig Fleischer on Saturday. Block won the 2006 Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Actress. Block started out on Broadway as Elphaba before moving to the role of Judy Bernly in “9 to 5.” She might remain a familiar face to fans of “The Pirate Queen,” where she played Grace O’Malley, or Hugh Jackman’s flick “The Boy from Oz.” Block was also a member of the first national tour of “Wicked” when she played Elphaba, and has also starred in such regional acts like “Funny Girl,” “Crazy for You,” “Oliver,” “South Pacific,” and “Will Rogers Follies.” Her voice is also heard on commercials for singing Barbie.

The Holiday Spectacular concerts will also welcomed Youngstown Connection, Kenny Eldridge and the Jesus Celebration Singers, reports www.vindy.com, along with dancers from the Ballet Western Reserve, First Covenant Church Hand Bell Choir and Susan McConnell’s Team Two students from Robinwood Elementary School. Television personalities from the area are also joining in on the fun, like Robert Mangino of WKBN-570 AM; Rich Morgan, WKBN-TV 27; Dana Balash, WFMJ-Channel 21; Rep. Robert A. Hagan; and John McNally, Mahoning County commissioner.

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